reproduce: # apt-get install sparse # sparse version: v0.6.4-39-gce1a6720-dirty # https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/akpm/mm.git/commit/?id=70dd375afcfe1839321ea8a65749404a99f0e773 git remote add akpm-mm https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/akpm/mm.git git fetch --no-tags akpm-mm mm-unstable git checkout 70dd375afcfe1839321ea8a65749404a99f0e773 # save the config file mkdir build_dir && cp config build_dir/.config make W=1 C=1 CF='-fdiagnostic-prefix -D__CHECK_ENDIAN__' O=build_dir ARCH=x86_64 olddefconfig make W=1 C=1 CF='-fdiagnostic-prefix -D__CHECK_ENDIAN__' O=build_dir ARCH=x86_64 SHELL=/bin/bash